American Dream Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[G]This [D]use[A]d t[Bm]o be[A][G]
a [D]one horse town
[G]But the pony went [D]away[G]
Ended up in Chin[D]a 'cause
They make [Bm]it cheaper there they [A]say

[Verse 2]
[G]The store fronts all are[D] empty
And the factory [A]is [G]dead
And these streets I used to [D]walk on
Well [Bm]now they're j[A]ust my bed
[D]And I'm going down,

[Verse 3]
[Bm]down[A], down[G]
I'm going down
[D]

[Verse 4]
[G]
Did a couple [D]years of college
But [G]I just couldn't make [D]it stick
[G]Had to come back here
and help [D]mamma
Because daddy [Bm]left when she got [A]sick

[Verse 5]
[G]She worked very day for [D]nothing
Until she [Bm]turned [A]62[G]
And the same day that I bur[D]ied her
The bank [Bm]foreclosed on [A]her house too

[Verse 6]
[G]That's my American [D]dream
And I've [A]been all that I can be
[Bm]With nothi[A]ng left [G]to lose at all[D]
I guess [A]I'm free
That's my American [Bm]dream,
[A]dream, [G]dream
That's my American [D]dream

[Verse 7]
[G]Now I stand here at this off[D] ramp
[G]And smile as best I [D]can
With a [G]sign that says Jesus
[D]loves you
But it's hard [Bm]to think he gives a [A]damn

[Verse 8]
[G]When they roll down their win[D]dows
And put some [Bm]spare [A]change
in my [G]hand
But I'd give it all [D]right back
To just [Bm]be looked at like [A]a man

[Verse 9]
And I'm going [Bm]down, [A]down, [G]down

[Interlude 1]
I'm going down
[D][G][D][A][Bm][A][G][D]
[A]

[Verse 10]
[G]When it's cold I try the mis[D]sion
On nights [G]like this I sleep out[D]side
Under a [G]bridge beside
the in[D]terstate
Where I can [Bm]hear those trucks [A]roll by

[Verse 11]
[G]And imagine I'm insid[D]e one
[Bm]Just rolling [A]down [G]the road
But I wake up just [D]to realise
That [Bm]this place is now my [A]home

[Verse 12]
[G]That's my American dre[D]am
And I've [A]been all that I can be
[Bm]With nothi[A]ng left [G]to lose at all[D]
I guess [A]I'm free
[G]That's my American [D]dream
It disap[A]peared in front of me
[Bm]With nothi[A]ng left [G]to lose at all[D]
I guess [A]I'm free
That's my American [Bm]dream,
[A]dream, [G]dream

[Outro 1]
It's my American dream
[D]